Explaining The Issue People Have With Venus Hair:

Explaining the issue people have with Venus hair:

I would like to note that:

I’m half black (racially ambiguous) and have a loose Afro (something between 3c and 4a). The lack of Afro hair representation is an issue that affects me directly, but not as much as darker skin folks.

I’m not a G3 hater, this post is made due to disappointment. I like G3, but it’s not perfect and some aspects could really be improved.

Starting with a hot take, Venus having straight hair, in a vacuum, isn’t an issue. The real issue lies in the context, of all the female dolls in G3 she was the only one allowed to have textured hair.

The protagonist of this generation is black and has Afro hair in the show, but she is barely allowed to have it in her dolls.

Catty Noir who is black coded also wasn’t allowed to have textured hair in her debut, only a few braids.

G3 clearly has racist/texturists tendencies when it comes to their black characters, which is such a bummer for a generation that prides itself on inclusivity. Black folks deserve proper hair representation. Our hair has been called ugly, unsanitary, (bombril if you are brazillian), for ages and the lack of representation contributes to that idea.

I was born in the 2000s, fairly recently, yet I still had almost no dolls with hair like mine growing up. The only doll I ever owned with hair like mine was a Howleen Wolf doll. And it’s not like G1 had a lot of dolls with Afro hair either, she was one of the few exceptions.

When G3 came out I was hopeful we would get more amazing dolls with different hair textures. It breaks my heart seeing them miss the mark so badly.

Straight haired Venus isn’t the issue, it’s a symptom.

Why does human Manny Taur reminds me of Donald Trump?

I’ll say, Vivzie and her team were very clever in this episode, not enough people know how psychotic penguins are.

I discovered a strategy to when annoying people ask if you have a crush on your friend.

Say that their breath stinks.

I said this once because I have a friend whose breath actually does stink and people immediately shut up every time I do that. For some reason they are more understanding towards not wanting to date for something like that than for just having a platonic relationship.

No but like, why are there so many works centered around looking at Medusa sympathetically but so few about the Minotaur?

He was a rejected overpowered child who ended abandoned/trapped in a labyrinth. His only food source were humans prisoners, he either ate them or starved to death. You can literally argue that his behavior and lack of humanity are a direct result of how he was conditioned throughout life.

The myths tend to vilify him, saying that he was aggressive as a child, but so was Hercules. Main difference is that one was denied his humanity and the other wasn’t. Most people don’t even know the Minotaur’s name (Asterion).

Point is, we need more stories centered around his perspective.

Sorry, I had to.